Graphic Designer

YMCA Robin Hood; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

YMCA Robin Hood is seeking a creative Graphic Designer to lead visual communications across its brands. In this role, you will develop engaging campaigns for various platforms, ensure brand consistency, and manage visual assets while supporting community programmes. Ideal candidates are experienced designers with strong Adobe skills and a commitment to social impact.

Qualifications

• Experienced Graphic Designer with a degree or equivalent qualification.
• Strong skills in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and management of all visual assets.
• Develop and create multi-channel campaigns for online and offline platforms.
• Work on professionally edited videos and content with the Digital Content team.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Graphic Design

Attention to Detail

Proof-reading

Education

Degree in Graphic Design

Job description

As our Graphic Designer, you’ll take the lead in shaping visual communications across our group brands: YMCA Robin Hood, YMCA Newark and Sherwood, and Malt Cross Trust. Your creative work will support programmes that help children, young people, and communities reach their full potential.

If you're looking for a role with real meaning and purpose, this could be the perfect opportunity.

In this exciting role, you will work with creativity, initiative and care to ensure that our marketing materials resonate with our communities while upholding the integrity of our brand guidelines. Working closely with stakeholders across our varied and complex organisation, you’ll shape and develop ideas into compelling digital and print materials that speak to our diverse audiences.

We are looking for someone who has a creative flair and a hands-on approach to graphic design, with a talent for juggling multiple projects and deadlines. You will be responsible for creating digital and print designs, as well as managing all visual assets - safe in the knowledge that your work will help to improve lives in our community.

The Role

Working as part of our small but perfectly formed Marketing team, you will be responsible for leading on the design and management of all visual assets, ensuring that all deliverables and requirements are met across our group brands.

You will develop and create engaging multi-channel campaigns that span both online and offline platforms, including graphics, layouts, and presentations, all while maintaining the YMCA Robin Hood Group branding.

You will be the guardian of those brands ensuring guidelines are up-to-date, and consistency is maintained on all internal and external assets, as well as across the wider organisation.

You will also work closing with our amazing Digital Content and PR Executive to produce professionally edited videos and content for various platforms, to showcase all of our services.

About You

You’re an experienced Graphic Designer ready to take ownership of a role where your creativity and initiative make a real difference. Through your previous experience, you will be confident in dealing with a number of design requests, collaborating on projects and building trusted relationships with stakeholders. You will embrace a culture of continual development of our brand and utilise your creative flair to continue that journey.

You’ll have a degree or equivalent qualification in Graphic Design, alongside strong Adobe Creative Suite skills (InDesign and Photoshop as a minimum) and expertise in PowerPoint.

You will have the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines, displaying great attention to detail and proof-reading skills whilst having an understanding of the not-for-profit sector.

You will need to be willing and able to travel between our 2 key Head Office locations, Nottingham city centre and Newark working 2 days per week in each location with your 5th day at home!

Occasional weekend, evening, or bank holiday work may be required to support our events — a great chance to see our vibrant organisation in action.

If you have a proactive attitude, with the initiative to elevate design assets and connect with our community, we would love to hear from you.

• This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.